Pipe holder



July 25, 1933. FlsKE 1,919,362

PIPE HOLDER Filed June 3, 1932 INVENTOR .1? t M M TTORNEY$ Patented July 25,1933

tn t me} ALBERT FISKE, GI HOHOKUS, NEW JERSEY PIPE HOLDER Application filed June 3,- 1932.

The present invention relates broadly to smokers articles and mor especially to a pipe holder for smokers pipes. i

The invention is characterized more espe- 5 cially by a supporting member provided with a recess having an opening in the bottom thereof and with the walls oi" the recess comprising inverted frusto-conical shaped ends with one end being smaller than the other 10 and opposed walls joining said ends by substantially tangent straight line planes inclined to the vertical to form opposed supporting surfaces adapted to hold pipes of ditt'erent sizes. Vr'here straight stemmed pipes are supported in said holder, the stem occupies an upwardly and outwardly inclined position with the horn of the pipe resting in the large portion of the recess More specifically, the preicrred form oi the pipe holder comprises a hollow walled sup porting member with a recess to receive a pipe and having substantially straight inclined side 'alls leading downwardly to an opening which prevents the collection of dust and ashes in the pipe holder. The configuration of said side walls presents an oblong shaped recess adapted to re eive. pipes of d'll' to same against upsetand to Support t ting since the weight 01": the pipe tends to cause the pipe to slide downwardly on the straight line suppor walls to set the bowl of the pipe in a suT..-tantially vertical position.

It is recognized that the disclosure herewith may be departed from without departing from the invention, and, therefore, the specific disclosure is to be understood as illustrative and not in the limitin sense.

Fig. l is a plan view of a prere-rred form of pipe holder.

Fig. 2 illustrates a vertical section. taken on line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plan view otthe pi pc holder i nverted.

The preferred embodiment of the pipe holder comprises a hollow body preferably formed of a moldable material and comprising side walls 1 forming a supporting base and a top wall 2 connected with said side walls. A recess is formed in the top wall 2 Serial No. 615,144.

and. is provided with inclined sides which preferably lead downwardly to an opening 5. One end of the recess is formed on a large curvature (S and the other end of the recess may be formed on a small curvature? the inclined walls l of the recess extending be tween the large curved end 6 and the small curved end 7 are preferably substantially straight planes, so that there areno curved parts on the recess walls s to interfere with the reception and support of asmokers pipe therei The degree of inclination of the recess walls is suhs'tantially 25. as measured from a line at right angles to the base, as is indicated in Fig. 2. Preferably, the verti- "al height of the inclined recess walls is less than the height of the supporting side walls and preferably, the inclined recess walls are cut away at the point 8 to prevent the inclined walls in the small portion ofthe recess from contacting at the bottom of the recess to term a dust catching trough.

Fig. 2 il ustrates a s'mokers pipe 9 in dot ted lines in the holder, and such a pipe will contact with the inclined walls, therebyholding the pipe upright due toits weight tending to slide the pipe downwardly to the lowest position ofrest. V

The present invention is preferably constructed of light weight material and comprises smooth side walls throughout which, together with the open bottom in the recess, prevents the collection of any dust or ashes that not only are unsanitary and unsightly, but w r ch mar the polish on fine pipes. The

inclined recess walls are preferably generated.

on straight lines so as to accommodate all normal sizes of smokers pipes and while the pipe holder is particularly well adapted for straight stein pipes, it holds curved stem pipes with equal facility, thereby preventing the pipes from rolling and spilling ashes over tables or table drapes. When a pipe is laid in the holder, the pipe is securely held from rocking because the weight of the pipeforces the same down-against the straight line inclined walls and the 25 inclination is such as to prevent any possible tipping of more than 25.9fr'om the vertical. However, in the majority of cases, the pipe pivots on the stem so that the bowl assumes a substantially vertical position of much less than 25 inclination to the vertical.

Furthermore, since the inclined side walls of the recess converge fronithe large end of the recess toward. the small end thereof, a pipe placed in the recess some distance from the large end thereof will slide longitudinally in an upright position until it comes to rest against the end wall at the large end of the recess, thus preventing the spilling of the contents of the pipe even if very carelessly laid on the holder.

What I claim is:

, 1. A slnokers pipe support comprising i a body portion having a pipe supporting re cess therein, said recess comprisinga large semi-circular configuration at one end thereof and a smallsemi-circular configuration at the other end thereof, with the inclined supporting walls of said end configuration, each co1nprising substantially one-half of a frustuni of an inverted cone, and inclined walls between the halves forming tangents to the sides of said halves. 7

2. A smokers pipe support having a body portion, said body portion being open at the bottom thereof and having a recess in the top thereof, said recess havlng pipe-supporting converging side walls inclined upwardly and outwardly and having plane surfaces, and curved end walls having the same inclination as the side walls, said. side and end walls of said recess adapted to have only two point or single line contact with the bowl of the pipe supported therein.

3. A smokers pipe support for pipes having curved bowls, said support having a substantially triangular recess, the sides and ends of which are inclined downwardly and inwardly, the angle of inclination being the same at all points whereby a pipe placed in said support would. have only three point or linear support at its bowl end and two point supportadjacent its mouth piece end.

4. A smokers pipe support comprising a body having a recess in the top thereof, said recess having a curved end wall sloping downwardly and inwardly, side walls of substantially the same downward and inward inclination diverging outwardly from the curved end wall in substantially straight lines and connected to another curved end wall of substantially the same downward and inward inclination, said recess being open at its bottom.

ALBERT P. FISKE. 

